Examples of 'encirclement' in a sentence
Meaning of "encirclement"
encirclement (noun) - The act of surrounding or enclosing something in a circle, often used in military strategy or geographical contexts to describe the complete encircling of an area or target
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- The act of encircling or the state of being encircled
- The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it
How to use "encirclement" in a sentence
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It will be the biggest encirclement of all time.
Encirclement was also a major part of the strategy.
It is considered the largest encirclement of troops in history.
It was eventually forced to fall back to avoid encirclement.
Maybe the encirclement had already collapsed.
We did not have full unit for encirclement.
We should lay on an encirclement attack against these vermin.
The bulk of the defenders escaped encirclement.
Encirclement and forced evacuation of villages.
Four out of five escaped the encirclement.
It was the largest encirclement in military history.
I spent less than a day in that encirclement.
A special kind of encirclement is the siege.
The police were forced to end the encirclement.
Attempts to escape the encirclement were unsuccessful.
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Offensive operations continue to tighten the encirclement.
In most situations a complete encirclement is too hard to execute.
It was extremely dangerous to be in the centre of the encirclement.
The encirclement of the allies northern armies was complete.
It proved to be the biggest encirclement of all time.
The encirclement was becoming an imminent threat.
He was unable to prevent the encirclement of the city.
Facing certain encirclement the company commander ordered a withdrawal.
It identifiestuna caught without any encirclement of dolphins.
The encirclement suddenly widen.
Gradually draw in once the encirclement is complete.
For the campaign to be successful he argued for battles of encirclement.
Measures designed to tighten the encirclement are still underway.
It would therefore be relatively easier for us to breakout of this encirclement.
No one except the nearest encirclement of the king.
A tight encirclement of the area was to prevent communist units from retreating.
China persists with its encirclement policy.
The encirclement was complete.
We were assured that an operation to break the encirclement was being prepared.
It managed to escape encirclement and destruction on the following day.
Purse seiners capture their target species by encirclement.
He decided on a complete encirclement of the city and its defenders.
A capable enemy would simply retreat to avoid encirclement.
Then we can break the encirclement and remove the threat.
You have been ordered to escape the encirclement.
An encirclement whereby the enemy is completely surrounded and isolated in a pocket.
These images show the remains of an encirclement of tanks.
Barriers of imperialist encirclement must be torn down and a worldwide system.
Soviet attacks to break out of the encirclement cease.
This encirclement comes from the shape of the house itself.
Hube continued in command of the XIVth during the encirclement.
Two indignant attempt to break the encirclement by the zone of el mirador.
Some insurgents did not manage to slip out of the encirclement.
From the encirclement.
He was not among those who got out of the encirclement.
